Bathymetric and subglacial hydrological context for the basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves

• Main Author: Wei, Wei, Ph. D.
• Other Authors: Heimbach, Patrick, Blankenship, Donald D., Young, Duncan A., Yang, Zong-Liang, Grima, Cyril, Ghattas, Omar
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ice shelf; Bathymetry; Basal melting; Subglacial discharges; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; West Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2152/114976; https://doi.org/10.26153/tsw/41879

Today, Antarctica holds a 58 m (190 ft) sea level potential locked in its grounded ice. Ice shelves serve as a gatekeeper to this grounded ice. However, sea level is currently rising at an alarming rate, ultimately endangering lives and economies all over the world. To accurately project the future...